Missing inertia of tachometer?

drivatar · Dec 16, 2009

The tachometer seems to react extremely fast in those videos:
https://www.gtplanet.net/forum/showpost.php?p=3674604&postcount=1

Is this realistic?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8bcjcsPTBhs looks more real, but maybe the tachometer of the 370Z is really that fast.

If you want to see how it looks in a really old car:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Q-A4nYwptc

juniordee · Dec 16, 2009

The faster the car can shift gears, the faster the needle is gonna move.

drivatar · Dec 16, 2009

Yes and no

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The inertia of the tachometer and its actuator power limit how fast it can move.

juniordee · Dec 16, 2009

drivatar
Yes and no .
The inertia of the tachometer and its actuator power limit how fast it can move.

Whatever you say, lol. But I do agree that seems kinda fast.

EDIT: skip to 45 seconds http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=13Eiu5td_h0

You'll notice the tach moves just as fast as the tuned nissan :dunce:

balang_479 · Dec 16, 2009

The new nissans like the GT-R and this do have fast accurate tachs... if you watch some other videos of real life of both cars youll notice that it is quick..

but yes, they do look quite fast in the game, and i doubt they would have given physics to the tach needle.

Owen.C93 · Dec 16, 2009

^^ yeah that would be over kill.

fcautoX · Dec 17, 2009

Its just a tach guys. Would you want PD to spend time developing the physics calculations for the tach (and not to mention the reqired processing power during gameplay), or have that effort going into the cars actual driving calculations (with a full dashboard that works perfectly fine).

Its a videogame for christ sake. An extremely realistic one at that but don't expect absolute perfection. GT5 will be close to perfect I'm sure, but never 100%

Darla Starch · Dec 17, 2009

fcautoX
Its just a tach guys. Would you want PD to spend time developing the physics calculations for the tach (and not to mention the reqired processing power during gameplay), or have that effort going into the cars actual driving calculations (with a full dashboard that works perfectly fine).

Its a videogame for christ sake. An extremely realistic one at that but don't expect absolute perfection. GT5 will be close to perfect I'm sure, but never 100%

At this point, I would expect someone to come on here and ask about the accuracy of your pit crew eating and drinking, along with the tripping physics of crowds scrambling to get out of the way of your car.